CONIDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: conidia   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore

Synonyms:

conidiospore; conidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("conidium" is a kind of...):

spore (a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion)

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